In the 1920s, Jiangcheng No. 1 Department Store was a famous shopping store in Jiangcheng.

The boss is also a well-known capitalist in Jiangcheng.

However, the big capitalist and his family immigrated very early on, and the family properties were sold off, and those that they were reluctant to sell were handed over to the family's side branches to manage.

Jiangcheng Department Store is one of them.

The current general manager, Tian Zhigao, is the relative of that big capitalist and had been helping to manage the department store business before liberation.

After the liberation, when public and private enterprises were merged, Tian Zhigao responded actively to the policy and retained his position as general manager. He was still in charge of the daily operations of the department store.

The change in the nature of Jiangcheng Department Store is actually a rising tide for Tian Zhigao.

Before liberation, he was just a manager working for capital.

Now, he is a full-fledged state official.

In terms of level, it is not too high, but everyone knows how popular department stores are.

Every day, there is a long queue of people begging Tian Zhigao for help.

However, people always strive for higher positions. Tian Zhigao has been working in a department store for more than ten years and wants to go one step further.

After hanging up a phone call, Tian Zhigao hummed a little tune with pride, then made an internal call to call Ye Zhongping over.

Soon, Ye Zhongping came over.

"Xiao Ye, put aside what you are doing and go to the Municipal Bureau this afternoon to take care of the matter we discussed last time."

Ye Zhongping nodded obediently, "Okay."

"By the way, among the group of people recruited in the second half of last year, was there anyone who got in through the Qi Bureau's path?"

Ye Zhongping frowned. He actually didn't know about this.

Tian Zhigao was not angry, and said kindly: "It must be the branch secretary. It's normal that you don't know."

Ye Zhongping said: "I will go down and ask around."

Tian Zhigao nodded.

Ye Zhongping is his confidant and is generally capable.

"This matter is not very important. You can do whatever you want."

Tian Zhigao wanted to get close to the Municipal Bureau. The presence of someone related to Director Qi in the department store was certainly an opportunity, but he didn't know what kind of relationship that person had with Director Qi, and whether he could use his strength.

He didn't hold out much hope.

Ye Zhongping was about to go out, but he seemed to remember something and turned back and said:

"Mr. Tian, ​​where is Sun Liang..."

Tian Zhigao hurriedly stopped Ye Zhongping, stood up and looked outside the door, especially after confirming that the door of the office opposite was closed, he closed the door and said, "Okay, go ahead."

Ye Zhongping continued: "Sun Liang said that if you don't give him the promised money, he will expose you."

Tian Zhigao sneered, "He and we are already in the same boat. Exposing him? Does he want to die?"

Ye Zhongping hesitated and said, "His wife is ill and is looking for a doctor everywhere. I think his mental state is different from before. Who knows, he might really do something desperate."

Tian Zhigao waved his hand nonchalantly, "He can't jump over the wall. He still has children."

Ye Zhongping didn't quite agree with this view, but he didn't say anything more.

Tian Zhigao asked: "Is that batch of peanut oil not sold out yet?"

Ye Zhongping replied, "Almost. For safety reasons, I ship in batches, and I also go the black market route, which has high profits."

Tian Zhigao smiled and said, "I'm confident that you can handle the matter. Okay, get out now."

Only then did Ye Zhongping leave.

Qin Hanshu waited for several days before having this conversation.

Ye Zhongping's office is crowded with people and is basically not a place for doing dirty things.

But Tian Zhigao's office is very private, and Ye Zhongping is Tian Zhigao's trusted and beloved general. So if the two want to discuss something, Tian Zhigao's office is a better choice.

After Qin Hanshu thought about this, he adjusted the target of surveillance to Tian Zhigao's office.

After observing for a few days, the two were discussing work matters. Just when Qin Hanshu had the illusion that "could these two be good people who are dedicated to the public", the above situation happened.

Peanut oil? Sun Liang?

At the end of last year, the department store gave each employee an extra pound of peanut oil as a benefit. It was said that this was proposed by Ye Zhongping and decided by Tian Zhigao. It also solved a problem for the unit by solving a batch of peanuts that had been stockpiled for a long time.

I am very satisfied with every aspect.

When peanuts are first brought back, they are definitely easy to sell. How can there be any material that cannot be sold these days? But retail sales will indeed be slow.

But the department store has many cooperative units. Can't we exchange supplies with other units, or just take them to the oil press to fry them into oil?

I had to wait until the end of the year before I remembered that there was such a batch of peanuts.

Peanuts become stale after the Chinese New Year, so it’s better to fry them in oil and serve them as a treat.

It sounds like a natural thing to do.

But is it really like that?

Could it be that the batch of peanuts was forgotten on purpose?

When something that can be solved simply becomes complicated, there is room for manipulation.

There was half a carload of peanuts. Qin Hanshu had heard Wu Yingxia talk about the exact number, which was 15 tons, or 30,000 kilograms.

30,000 kilograms of peanuts have an oil yield of at least 30%, which means at least 9,000 kilograms of oil can be extracted.

The department store has only about 2,200 employees in total.

Naturally, everyone would do the math, but at the time there was also an explanation, saying that the peanuts had been stored for too long and a lot of them had gone bad.

——The weather in the south is humid, so it is normal for things to go bad if they are not stored properly.

After deducting the bad ones and the cost of pressing the oil, there is only enough to give each person one kilogram.

No one doubts this statement, or perhaps some people doubt it but just don't say it out loud.

After all, without evidence, it's just guesswork.

Now after hearing the conversation between Tian Zhigao and Ye Zhongping, what was originally just a blind guess has become a fact.

And there is Sun Liang.

Sun Liang is the deputy chief of the Finance Department. It was he who went with Ye Zhongping to collect the debt and recovered 30,000 kilograms of peanuts.

Judging from Tian Zhigao's tone, he doesn't want to give Sun Liang more benefits.

Qin Hanshu had never had much dealings with Sun Liang, but he only heard that he was a very honest man.

Qin Hanshu was just thinking about asking around when he heard Wu Yingxia taking the initiative to talk.

"Do you know? Section Chief Sun's wife is gone."